Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Anthony Downs

Born: November 21, 1930
Died: October 2, 2021 (aged 90)
Bio: Anthony Downs was an American economist specializing in public policy and public administration. He was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
Known for:
- An Economic Theory of Democracy (1957)
- Inside bureaucracy (1964)
- Still Stuck in Traffic (2004)
- New visions for metropolitan America (1994)